Competitiveness of Women’s Ultrarunning – women’s wins within fifteen percent of men’s
The line graph indicates that, at an increasing proportion of 100-mile races, women are finishing within 15% of the men’s winning time. This trend has been especially pronounced since 2020.
Sarah Brady is Managing Editor at iRunFar. She’s been working in an editorial capacity for ten years and has been a trail runner for almost as long. Based in Belfast, Northern Ireland, Sarah is an avid mountain runner and ultrarunner and competes at distances from under 10k to over 100k, and has proudly represented Ireland twice. When not running, she enjoys reading, socializing, and hanging out with her dog, Angie, and cat, Judy.
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